List of left- & right-driving countries

Click here if you want to find out the history behind driving on the left or right.

This world map shows which side of the road traffic drives on. Green coloured countries drive on the right, orange countries drive on the left. As you can see, most former British colonies, with some exceptions, drive on the left side of the road, whereas the United States of America, Latin American countries and European countries drive on the right. Almost always, in countries where one drives on the right-hand side of the road, the cars are built so that the driver sits on the left-hand side of the car. Conversely, driving on the left-hand side of the road usually implies that the driver’s seat is on the right-hand side of the car. Below the world map you can also find a complete list of all countries of the world and the side of the road the inhabitants drive on.

The following is a list of countries of the world whose inhabitants drive on the left- or right-hand side of the road. Click here if you want to find out the history behind driving on the left or right.

Country / state / territory

… drive(s) on the left/right

Abu Dhabi (not a country, but capital of the United Arab Emirates)

drives on the right

Afghanistan

drives on the right

Albania

drives on the right

Algeria

drives on the right

American Samoa

drives on the right

Andorra

drives on the right

Angola

drives on the right

Anguilla

drives on the left

Antigua and Barbuda

drives on the left

Argentina

drives on the right

Armenia

drives on the right

Aruba

drives on the right

Australia

drives on the left

Austria

drives on the right

Azerbaijan

drives on the right

Azores

drive on the right

Bahamas

drives on the left

Bahrain

drives on the right

Balearic Islands

drive on the right

Bangladesh

drives on the left

Barbados

drives on the left

Belarus

drives on the right

Belgium

drives on the right

Belize

drives on the right

Benin

drives on the right

Bermuda

drives on the left

Bhutan

drives on the left

Bolivia

drives on the right

Bonaire

drives on the right

Bosnia and Herzegovina

drives on the right

Botswana

drives on the left

Brazil

drives on the right

British Virgin Islands

drive on the left

Brunei

drives on the left

Bulgaria

drives on the right

Burkina Faso

drives on the right

Burma (officially Myanmar)

drives on the right

Burundi

drives on the right

Cambodia

drives on the right

Cameroon

drives on the right

Canada

drives on the right

Canary Islands

drive on the right

Cape Verde (in Portuguese: Cabo Verde)

drives on the right

Cayman Islands

drives on the left

Central African Republic

drives on the right

Chad

drives on the right

Channel Islands (Guernsey & Jersey)

drive on the left

Chile

drives on the right

China, People’s Republic of

drives on the right

Christmas Island

drives on the left

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

drive on the left

Colombia

drives on the right

Comoros

drives on the right

Congo, Democratic Republic of

drives on the right

Congo, People’s Republic of

drives on the right

Cook Islands

drives on the left

Costa Rica

drives on the right

Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

drives on the right

Croatia

drives on the right

Cuba

drives on the right

Curaçao

drives on the right

Cyprus

drives on the left

Czechia (Czech Republic)

drives on the right

Denmark

drives on the right

Djibouti

drives on the right

Dominica

drives on the left

Dominican Republic

drives on the right

Dubai (not a country, but the largest city in the United Arab Emirates)

drives on the right

East Timor (Timor-Leste)

drives on the left

Ecuador

drives on the right

Egypt

drives on the right

El Salvador

drives on the right

England

drives on the left

Equatorial Guinea

drives on the right

Eritrea

drives on the right

Estonia

drives on the right

Ethiopia

drives on the right

Faeroe Islands

drive on the right

Falkland Islands

drives on the left

Fiji

drives on the left

Finland

drives on the right

France

drives on the right

French Guiana

drives on the right

French Polynesia

drives on the right

Gabon (Gabonese Republic)

drives on the right

Gambia

drives on the right

Gaza

drives on the right

Georgia

drives on the right

Germany

drives on the right

Ghana

drives on the right

Gibraltar

drives on the right

Great Britain (GB)

drives on the left

Greece

drives on the right

Greenland

drives on the right

Grenada

drives on the left

Guadeloupe

drives on the right

Guam

drives on the right

Guatemala

drives on the right

Guernsey

drives on the left

Guinea

drives on the right

Guinea-Bissau

drives on the right

Guyana

drives on the left

Haiti

drives on the right

Holland (officially the Netherlands)

drives on the right

Honduras

drives on the right

Hong Kong

drives on the left

Hungary

drives on the right

Iceland

drives on the right

India

drives on the left

Indonesia

drives on the left

Iran

drives on the right

Iraq

drives on the right

Ireland (Eire)

drives on the left

Ireland, Northern

drives on the left

Isle of Man

drives on the left

Israel

drives on the right

Italy

drives on the right

Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire)

drives on the right

Jamaica

drives on the left

Japan

drives on the left

Jersey

drives on the left

Jordan

drives on the right

Kazakhstan

drives on the right

Kenya

drives on the left

Kiribati

drives on the left

Korea, North

drives on the right

Korea, South

drives on the right

Kosovo

drives on the right

Kuwait

drives on the right

Kyrgyzstan

drives on the right

Laos

drives on the right

Latvia

drives on the right

Lebanon

drives on the right

Lesotho

drives on the left

Liberia

drives on the right

Libya

drives on the right

Liechtenstein

drives on the right

Lithuania

drives on the right

Luxembourg

drives on the right

Macau

drives on the left

Macedonia, Republic of (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, FYROM)

drives on the right

Madagascar

drives on the right

Madeira

drives on the right

Malawi

drives on the left

Malaysia

drives on the left

Maldives

drives on the left

Mali

drives on the right

Malta

drives on the left

Marshall Islands

drive on the right

Martinique

drives on the right

Mauritania

drives on the right

Mauritius

drives on the left

Mayotte

drives on the right

Mexico

drives on the right

Micronesia, Federated States of

drives on the right

Moldova

drives on the right

Monaco

drives on the right

Mongolia

drives on the right

Montenegro

drives on the right

Montserrat

drives on the left

Morocco

drives on the right

Mozambique

drives on the left

Myanmar (formerly Burma)

drives on the right

Namibia

drives on the left

Nauru

drives on the left

Nepal

drives on the left

Netherlands

drives on the right

New Caledonia

drives on the right

New Zealand

drives on the left

Nicaragua

drives on the right

Niger

drives on the right

Nigeria

drives on the right

Niue

drives on the left

Norfolk Island

drives on the left

North Cyprus (unrecognised, self-declared state)

drives on the left

Northern Ireland

drives on the left

Northern Mariana Islands

drive on the right

North Korea

drives on the right

Norway

drives on the right

Oman

drives on the right

Pakistan

drives on the left

Palau

drives on the right

Panama

drives on the right

Papua New Guinea

drives on the left

Paraguay

drives on the right

Peru

drives on the right

Philippines

drives on the right

Pitcairn Islands

drive on the left

Poland

drives on the right

Portugal

drives on the right

Puerto Rico

drives on the right

Qatar

drives on the right

Réunion

drives on the right

Romania

drives on the right

Russia (officially the Russian Federation)

drives on the right

Rwanda

drives on the right

Saba

drives on the right

Saint Barthélemy (informally also referred to as Saint Barth’s or Saint Barts)

drives on the right

Saint Kitts and Nevis (officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis)